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Preparatory work begins ahead of mass grave excavation at mother and baby home

Pre-excavation work on the site of a notorious former mother and baby home in Tuam in Co Galway has begun. The preparatory phase, which will last around four weeks, comes ahead of the full-scale excavation of the site to try to identify the remains ...

16 Jun 2025 at 13:18

National News

Final call for testimony from Northern Ireland mother and baby home survivors

A final call has been made for survivors of former mother and baby home and Magdalene institutions in Northern Ireland to come forward and give testimony. It comes as part of a Truth Recovery Programme to investigate what happened at those ...

19 Feb 2025 at 13:54

National News

Son of Tuam survivor ‘over the moon’ to secure funds to buy mother’s home

A man who was reunited with his birth mother, a survivor of one of Ireland’s most notorious mother and baby homes, has raised more than 70,000 euro to buy her home. Patrick Naughton, 70, from Ealing, west London, was taken from his mother,...

13 May 2025 at 15:47

Local News

Gardaí encourage survivors of 'Mother & Baby Home' abuse to report crimes

An Garda Síochána has today appealed to anyone who wishes to report a crime relating to a pregnancy and/or abuse involving their stay at a Mother and Baby Home to contact them. To support the reporting of such crimes a dedicated email ...

29 Apr 2021 at 16:15

National News

Pre-excavation work to begin at former mother and baby home in Tuam

Pre-excavation work on the site of a former mother and baby home in Tuam will start on Monday. Daniel MacSweeney, who leads the Office of the Director of Authorised Intervention, Tuam (ODAIT), said families with relatives who were in ...

11 Jun 2025 at 12:34

'No payment can ever fully atone for the harm done' at Mother & Baby Institutions - minister

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'No payment can ever fully atone for the harm done through the Mother & Baby Institutions' - minister

A fund of €800 million has been approved by Government today for 34,000 survivors and former residents under the Mother & Baby Institutions Payment Scheme. The scheme will provide financial payments and a form of enhanced medical ...

16 Nov 2021 at 16:04

Northern Ireland

Ministers move to formalise co-operation on mother and baby home investigations

Maximising cross-border co-operation on investigations into mother and baby homes will help secure justice for victims and survivors, Stormont’s deputy First Minister has said. Emma Little-Pengelly was commenting after the issue ...

13 Sept 2024 at 15:58

National News

High court rules Mother and Baby Homes Commission treated survivors unlawfully

The Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation acted unlawfully by denying fair procedure to the survivors, the High Court has declared The Irish Government has decided not to appeal against the decision relating to the ...

17 Dec 2021 at 18:05

National News

Mother and baby home redress scheme exclusion branded ‘cruel’ by Sinn Fein

A proposed law to give compensation to mother and baby home survivors has been branded “cruel” because it excludes those who spent less than six months in the institutions. Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald challenged ...

22 Feb 2023 at 15:06

National News

New support services launched to help survivors of NI mother and baby homes

Survivors of historical institutions for women in Northern Ireland are to get access to mental health support and family tracing services. Thousands of women and girls in Northern Ireland spent time in mother and baby ...

30 Sept 2022 at 11:03

National News

Over 66 million euro issued to mother and baby home survivors

Over 66 million euro in payments have been issued under the government’s mother and baby home redress scheme. An awareness campaign is expected to be launched to encourage people to apply for the scheme, with a ...

24 Jun 2025 at 17:17

National News

‘Cruel’ mother and baby home redress scheme Bill narrowly passes Dail vote

A proposed law to give compensation to mother and baby home survivors has been passed to its next stage by a narrow margin by the Dail. TDs voted 73 to 62 for the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme ...

22 Feb 2023 at 21:34

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